No I'm not talking about chicks with bits. I normally hit the hills or the jungle on my own and when I go with friends, they're usually blokes.
Very occasionally, I have flirted with travelling with the softer gender. And this brings all sorts of problems.
For me the biggest thing is I like to travel very light. I spend evenings making or modding kit because I can't buy kit light enough in the stores. I pack the bare essentials. Recently I offered to take my wife with me. She needed so many unnecessary items like a wash kit, cosmetics, a bed roll and even a tent! So I packed my bad and I packed her bag. Mine was the size of her handbag and hers was at least half her body weight (she's about 90lbs). Of course, she expected me to carry it and I'm just not able to haul her cosmetics and my beer gut up a mountain while she frolicks around with a bottle or Evian and a parasol. So it never happened. She seems to think it was ungentlemanly.
What's the pack etiquette in your group?
What other issues do you have when travelling with friends of the opposite gender?
Very occasionally, I have flirted with travelling with the softer gender. And this brings all sorts of problems.
For me the biggest thing is I like to travel very light. I spend evenings making or modding kit because I can't buy kit light enough in the stores. I pack the bare essentials. Recently I offered to take my wife with me. She needed so many unnecessary items like a wash kit, cosmetics, a bed roll and even a tent! So I packed my bad and I packed her bag. Mine was the size of her handbag and hers was at least half her body weight (she's about 90lbs). Of course, she expected me to carry it and I'm just not able to haul her cosmetics and my beer gut up a mountain while she frolicks around with a bottle or Evian and a parasol. So it never happened. She seems to think it was ungentlemanly.
What's the pack etiquette in your group?
What other issues do you have when travelling with friends of the opposite gender?